V8 Locations

The Research Station
First established in 1982 the research station was a joint effort by the American and Norwegian governments. It stands on the western half of the island separated from the town by the mountain. It is made up of five separate buildings of varying sizes, each containing different facilities needed by the staff who lived and worked on the base. It also included a set of tunnels to connect the buildings so that it would not be necessary for anyone to travel above ground during the cold winter months. Long since abandoned following a cut in funding, the base has spent its years being covered and uncovered by layers of snow. The buildings themselves have remained in good condition, thanks to their construction from precast concrete on steel frames with facades made out of composite insulated metal panels.

Sub-Areas

The Quarters
The second largest building on the station, the informal nickname of The Quarters stuck with it as soon as the researchers arrived. The dark green building sits in the center of the station and has two stories. The ground floor contains the dining area and kitchens while the sleeping quarters for all the station personnel can be found on the upper floor.


 * Sleeping Quarters

Located on the second floor of The Quarters building, the sleeping quarters themselves were periodically updated throughout the operating life of the station. Initially simple rooms with a bed, desk, and end-table, the contents were improved upon over the years, though most personal touches have been removed. Each of the rooms comes off the main corridor that runs down the center of the floor and are roughly five square meters in size. The rooms all contain a single bed frame topped with a moldy mattress, a thin wooden desk with a basic plastic seated chair, and a full-length mirror hanging off the wall. The floor and the rooms themselves are all covered in a layer of dust and debris from the years of abandonment and there is a noticeable draft of cold air that flows through the floor whenever it is windy.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)


 * Little Lost Bunny (Gwendolyn Kennedy, Zhijuan Lung-Romney, Shawn Bellamy, Andrew Lapson, Adam Lader)
 * Who the fuck are you? I mean, who the fuck are you trying to do the shit I do? (Zhijuan Lung-Romney, Chiara Masina, Derek Caldwell
 * From Dusk... (Claire Haig)
 * ...til Dawn. (Evie McKown)
 * The Red Butterfly (Derek Caldwell, Chiara Masina)
 * Glow Up (Chiara Masina)
 * I'm a Derek and Dereks don't run! (Derek Caldwell)
 * Cue Fanfare (Kyle Emerson, Cassie Chao, Madeleine Molliqaj)
 * Lullabies to Paralyze (Colm Forsyth, Perante Losoa)
 * Dance of the Matador (Julia Guercio, Joshua James)


 * Dining Area

The dining area and kitchens are found on the ground floor of The Quarters and are made up of one main dining room that features square tables set up for multiple people and a kitchen separated by a swinging door. The kitchen itself is on the basic side, including two fridges, two ovens, and two stoves along with countertops and a sink; all of the appliances are now non-functional with no electricity to power them. While the station was in operation mealtimes tended to be communal with food served through a large portal in the wall between the kitchen and seating area. The chairs in the room have soft-cushioned seats and backrests with a metal frame. All the chairs are neatly tucked into their respective tables.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)


 * Beyond figure out (Andrew Lapson, Shawn Bellamy)
 * Ursa Major Meltdown (Eve Zima, Ingrid Wilde, Joshua James, Matthew Bell, Jack Kilgore)
 * In a few hours those who remain alive will envy the dead (Bill Taylor, Jezzie Stark)
 * I'm Just A Shot Away From You (Mildred Platt, Kathleen Vozelnik, Angelo Lee)
 * Moths in a Lighthouse (Katelyn Graves, Eden Zima)
 * Fall Out Through the Fallout (Juanita Reid, Crystal Henderson, Ashlyn Graves, Connie Toda)
 * Give Me a Kiss to Build a Dream On (John Davis, Crystal Henderson, Ashlyn Graves, Juanita Reid)
 * Not Running (Connie Toda)
 * Lessons Whispered In Blood (Daniel Ozanne, Gwendolyn Kennedy)


 * Quarters Basement

The basement of the quarters is a large space spanning nearly the entire area of the building. It features plentiful wooden beams, which were a frequent hazard for people hitting their heads. Used mainly for storage the cold concrete floor is covered in boxes of old holiday decorations, broken furniture, boxes of old files as well as other assorted junk. An entrance to the tunnels can also be found here.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)


 * Broken Angels, Wingless, Cast from Heaven's Gate (Kelsey Brewer, Shannon Choi, Alex Avanesian, Maya Press)
 * I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD, I'M GREAT (Adam Lader)
 * This Christmas (Shu Hawthorne, Daenerys Todd, Molly Oliveira, Lúcio Oliveira)
 * Bravery (Perante Losoa)
 * Echoes In My Head (Dawn Montogomery, David Worth)

Infirmary
The infirmary is located inside its own building and features all the amenities that would be expected; however, someone has gone through the medical materials to remove cutting implements such as scalpels, and any remaining medication to be found is long since expired. The infirmary section itself contains four beds and an examination room that can and has previously been used as an operating room for emergencies. There is also an office with a desk, chairs, and filing cabinets along with a store with plastic boxes stacked onto metal shelving.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)


 * C'est la Vie (Constance Blanchet, Leslie Romero)
 * These days of dishonourable peace (Colm Forsyth, Betty Quinn, DeMarcus Miller, Dominiqua Ashmore, Fred Hobbes)
 * Stranger in the Alps (Evie McKown, Claire Haig, Connie Toda)
 * Already Gone (Evie McKown)
 * Here to Stay (Claire Haig)
 * The Domesday Book (Claire Haig, Evie McKown, Chloé Delacroix, Lara Bullock)
 * My Way Home Is Through You (Evie McKown)
 * The Path of the Guillotine (Claire Haig)
 * The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Julia Guercio, Timothy Adams, Salem Fox)
 * Shawn's Marvelous Medicine (Shawn Bellamy, Iris Waite, Richard Buster Jr., Darryl Smith Jr.)

Correctional
Back when the research base was in use, the correctional facility would be used in case someone broke any laws or, more likely, needed a place to sober up. The correctional facility is a small building that holds one cell with metal bars and a fully-furnished cot. The rest of the room features one desk and a chair.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)
 * All Alone (Daenerys Todd, Roberta Chen, Darryl Smith Jr.)
 * One Room (Micah Flanagan, Danielle Bird, Lara Bullock, Joshua James)
 * The Disappearance of an Internet Angel (Russell Fitzroy, Dawn Montogomery, Tenshi Fukushima-Yves, Madeleine Molliqaj, Cassie Chao)
 * Feast of the Morning Star (Content Warning) (Joshua James, Shu Hawthorne)
 * Inverted Hostility (Connie Toda, Kelsey Brewer)

Research Lab
The research lab is one of the largest buildings in the research station complex. It contains multiple rows of tables for experiments to be conducted on and different cupboards that contain a large variety of equipment and tools, though as with the rest of the island anything resembling weaponry has been removed. There is also a fume hood pushed up against one of the walls of the room and a set of incubators.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)
 * intersection (Jacob Winters, Tull Talbott, Mildred Platt, Dawn Montogomery, Kathleen Vozelnik)
 * : after story (Cedar Dalisay, Russell Fitzroy, Dawn Montogomery, Tenshi Fukushima-Yves, Alex Avanesian, Tull Talbott)
 * It's Not Like I Like You (Mildred Platt, Angelo Lee, Kathleen Vozelnik)
 * ooh wee a dead body (Alex Avanesian)
 * Knowing You (Daniel Ozanne, Russell Fitzroy)
 * Further Torments and Slavery (Daniel Ozanne)
 * Guilt (Karen Nguyen, Amy Chen, Humphrey "Prii" Hayward, Maya Press)
 * Mistake (Karen Nguyen)

Recreation
The recreation building is located next to the Quarters and served as a place for the research personnel to relax and unwind between long shifts. It is a single-story building primarily made up of two sections: the general rec room, which contains a TV, bar, and various social games, and the gym, along with a changing area for said gym.


 * Rec Room

The recreation room was a larger room where the residents of the base would go to relax during downtime. The room has a collection of sofas and armchairs arranged facing a large grey CRT TV with built in VCR player that was usually used to play a variety of movies, a collection of VHS that can be found arranged on a bookshelf. The room also contains a ping-pong and pool table in its centre and a homemade bar along the far wall that was clearly added in later, even featuring a dusty neon sign for Coors.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)
 * Bishop's Opening (Shawn Bellamy, Spike Havighurst, Bill Taylor)
 * As Fierce as My Morning Cornflakes (Letitia May, Salem Fox, Darryl Smith Jr.)
 * 36 Chambers (Darryl Smith Jr., Joan Leaven, Salem Fox, Letitia May)
 * @tracendanya You litte F**ker You made a shit of piece with your trash SOTTF it’s F**King Bad this trash game (Alex Avanesian)
 * Would Not Rec! (Betty Hartley, Derek Caldwell, Chiara Masina)
 * DEFINITELY Would Not Rec! (Betty Hartley, Derek Caldwell, Chiara Masina, Daenerys Todd)


 * Gym

The gym is contained in the same building as the recreation room but is much smaller than the other room used for free time. The equipment available was limited to a couple of weightlifting benches, two treadmills and two rowing machines. All the weights and bars have been removed leaving behind a very empty weight rack sitting dejectedly against one wall.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)
 * Mean Time To Breakdown (Danielle Bird, Billie Sommerfield)
 * Dirty Harry (Daenerys Todd, Corbin Azinger, Abhishek Panicker)
 * November Has Come (Daenerys Todd)
 * bec de corbin (Corbin Azinger, Lillian Larsen, Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne)
 * Would You Like To Pet The Kitty? (Katelyn Graves, Kelsey Brewer, Dawn Montogomery)
 * Reefer Madness (Greg Craig, Jacob Winters, Colm Forsyth)
 * Jacob & Greg Go to White Castle (Greg Craig)

The Garages
The garages are very simplistic and built solely for the purpose of holding the station's fleet of vehicles. They feature two roll-up sheet metal doors, one rolled up enough for some to crouch under it and the other closed, along with a side door that has been frozen shut. Inside sit three vehicles: one all-terrain jeep that lacks a full set of tires and two snowmobiles.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)
 * Voyeurism (Shu Hawthorne)
 * Our White Nightmare (Derek Caldwell, Chiara Masina, Lara Bullock)
 * Fragment 24d (Ren Vu, Meena Lalita Kumar)
 * Iron Lotus (Teddie Boyd, Timothy Adams, Eden Glass, Ellis Wheaton)
 * The Fool was her (Eden Glass, Ellis Wheaton, Timothy Adams, Teddie Boyd, Ashlyn Graves, Juanita Reid)
 * Vultures (June Madison, Medea Parth, Olive Mayo, Elodie Hailey)
 * Ineptus Mechanicus (Anthony Jones, John Kieran)

Listening Station
The listening station is set the furthest out of all the research stations buildings, so that it would not be disturbed by any noises of activity taking place within the station. The listening station itself is a rather small building, easily distinguishable from the collection of antenna that sit on its roof. Inside the building is a sparse setup with an audio console that old and worn out headsets are attached too. There is one small rectangular window that has been buried under the snowfall, making the interior of the building perpetually dark.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)
 * The Dead of Winter (Claire Haig)
 * Transmitter Failure (Evie McKown, Claire Haig, Alex Avanesian)
 * Roses and Whiskey (Fey Zelenka-Morrison, Calvin Rawls, Piper Puncheon)
 * “Look, Zeus is a deadbeat. Don’t rely on him for anything.” (California Fox, Fey Zelenka-Morrison, Trinity Ashmore)
 * Zero Incoming (Iris Waite, Richard Buster Jr., Darryl Smith Jr.)
 * Schadenfreude (Lara Bullock)

Underground Tunnels
Built to allow the occupants of the research base to move between buildings during even the harshest of weather, the tunnels are long, dark and cold concrete pathways that lead between each building with a junction in the middle. Anywhere on the research station can be reached via the tunnels. However, aside from the Quarters, the entrance and exits to the other buildings are all located just outside, necessitating a brief spell in the elements regardless of the destination.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order)
 * Murphy's Law (Alexander Hawthorne, Valentin Shulgin, Roberta Chen, Eden Zima)
 * Playtime (Connie Toda, Evie McKown, Claire Haig)
 * Monochrome Memories (Kelsey Brewer)
 * Water Is Alright in Tay (Fey Zelenka-Morrison)
 * keep looking forward on paths sideways (June Madison, Medea Parth)
 * Downwards Spiral (Julia Guercio)
 * What do you see, Kaneda? (Evie McKown, Karin Han)


 * Bodies:

The Wilderness
Separating the research station from the mining town is an expanse of wilderness. The main features of this untamed stretch of land are the large mountain that rises up in imposing fashion at the middle of the island, the expansive tundra forest that was formerly used for trapping, and a frozen lake with a campground on its shore. All of these areas and pathways are long since abandoned and are now showing signs of disrepair.

The Snowfield
Between the base of the mountain and the research station is a large and rough expanse of land permanently covered in snow. The snowfield has remained this way thanks to the slight increase of elevation and shading from the mountain itself providing cover for the snow that frequently falls upon the island. Crossing the snowfield can be treacherous as the thick snow layer and rough terrain makes walking difficult, with the ground appearing to be flatter than it actually is. Rolled ankles and falls are not uncommon and on rare occasions, a small avalanche from the slopes of the mountain will cause a fresh layer of snow to come crashing down into the valley.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey (Alex Avanesian)
 * Take a long last look at this filet mignon (Letitia May, Jacob Lang)
 * Das Kartenhaus (Lara Bullock)
 * Blind Justice (Angelo Lee, Zora Morrison, John Davis)
 * Welcome To Your Death (Dawn Montogomery)
 * Duet (Oakley York, Betty Quinn)
 * The Hyena Laughs (Oakley York)
 * Just thought I would spice things up a bit. (Oakley York, Molly Oliveira, Mitch McDuffy, Marian Dick, Lúcio Oliveira)
 * Little Lost Bunny 2: Snow Job (Gwendolyn Kennedy)
 * Are you still watching? (Marian Dick)
 * The Human Element (Alexander Hawthorne, Valentin Shulgin)
 * the (Hector Quayle)
 * Fissure (Shawn Bellamy, Bethany Lyon)
 * Return of Simba (Richard Buster Jr., Iris Waite, Marshall West, Darryl Smith Jr.)
 * Human After All (Jessica Kawazoe)
 * All it takes is a spark (Perante Losoa, Chester Folk)
 * Better Than Cobalt (Russell Fitzroy, Victor Grail, Evie McKown, Claire Haig)
 * the smell of dust and moonlight (Corbin Azinger, Daenerys Todd)
 * Disavowed Anger In The Face Of Evil (Aion Rhodes, Amos Flanigan, Adam Lader, Salem Fox, Daniel Ozanne, Gwendolyn Kennedy)
 * Framejacking (Anthony Jones)
 * The Dead Shall Walk The Earth (John Kieran)
 * Cat Scratch Fever (Katelyn Graves, Kai Rosado-Prince, Lillian Larsen, Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne)
 * Two By Two (Evie McKown)
 * The Quietest Day So Far (Russell Fitzroy)
 * Miles to Go (Claire Haig)
 * Beyond The Grave (Claire Haig)
 * I daydream until all the snow is gone (Amos Flanigan, Shu Hawthorne, Przemyslaw Ziemiak)
 * No Prayer for the Dying (Andrew Lapson)

Tundra Forest
Thick with trees and snow, the tundra forest is relatively unspoiled, and some of the deeper areas have been completely untouched by man. The forest itself is made up of western red cedar, sitka spruce, and western hemlock, which have all been able to grow to large heights thanks to a lack of logging, providing areas of shelter. Some animals can also be found roaming the forest such as mountain goats, sitka black-tailed deer, and bald eagles. A dried-up riverbed can also be seen within the forest which, if followed, leads to the lower mountain path one way and the frozen lake the other way.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Bro, I'm Straight Up Not Having A Good Time (Steven Dodds, Mitch McDuffy, Taylor Thorne, Daniel Ozanne, Jezzie Stark)
 * UWU with the best of 'em (Derek Caldwell, Donovan Lauer)
 * You Missed My Heart (Evie McKown, Claire Haig, Ashlyn Graves, Kai Rosado-Prince)
 * Some Like It Cool (Daniel Ozanne)
 * uh oh (John Kieran)
 * The Price of Evil (Katelyn Graves)
 * Athenry and Killeshandra (Fey Zelenka-Morrison)
 * Snowblind (Andrew Lapson)
 * And miles to go before I sleep (Eve Zima)
 * Actually bro it's fine, I'm okay with it now. (Eve Zima, John Kieran, Eden Zima)
 * Disposable Teens (Katelyn Graves, Mitch McDuffy)
 * Healing Grid (Beatrice Briggs)
 * My father told me (Beatrice Briggs, Shu Hawthorne, Rebekah Hayes, Jessica Romero)
 * It's Quite Hard Enough Just Living With The Stuff I Had Learned (Rebekah Hayes)
 * cache (Hector Quayle)
 * 252+ Atk Universe Existentialism vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Human Mind: 3356-3950 (515.5 - 606.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO (Anthony Jones)
 * Inland Empire (Daniel Ozanne, Taylor Thorne, Gwendolyn Kennedy)
 * No Chance (Russell Fitzroy, Mildred Platt)
 * Castle (Shawn Bellamy, Bethany Lyon, Gwendolyn Kennedy)
 * new liver, same eagles (Kai Rosado-Prince, Salem Fox)
 * We Will Find You- Acting on your best behavior, turn your back on Mother Nature (Melanie Miles, Meena Lalita Kumar, Ren Vu)
 * Comedy Unfiltered (Ellis Wheaton, Teddie Boyd, Kathleen Vozelnik)
 * by talos this can't be happening (Shannon Choi, Maya Press, Karin Han)
 * Road Taken (Trinity Ashmore)
 * Lonely & Homesick (Gwendolyn Kennedy)
 * Let's Roll Up Our Sleeves (Chester Folk, Shawn Bellamy)
 * White Rabbit (Shawn Bellamy)
 * Fearsome Critters (Olive Mayo, Elodie Hailey)
 * White Light (Daenerys Todd)

Frozen Lake
An old lake that was formerly fed by the now dried-up river from the mountain, it has been frozen over the winter and a thick coat of ice sits at the surface of the water. Although the ice is solid most of the way across the lake, traversing it can still be nerve-wracking thanks to the noise of the ice cracking and shifting, combined with the slippery conditions. On top of this, there are some places on the lake where the ice is thinner and falling into the freezing water below is a distinct possibility.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Veridis Quo (Jessica Kawazoe, Marshall West, Chloé Delacroix, Kai Rosado-Prince)
 * Cold Blows The Wind (Jacob Lang)
 * Seclusion (Perante Losoa, Chester Folk)
 * Tyrant or Circumstance (Lara Bullock)
 * Finders Keepers (Leslie Romero, Aracelis Fuentes, Anthony Jones, John Kieran)
 * mirror mirror on the wall (Eden Zima)
 * Where We Go One (DeMarcus Miller)

The Campground
Located on the shore of the frozen lake between the forest itself, the campground was a popular summer getaway spot for residents of the town, frequently featuring BBQs and games of softball among other activities. The campground now is home to a few abandoned tents, an outhouse, and a single lonely log cabin with a small jetty. The time left abandoned has seen the log cabin, outhouse and jetty become covered in moss.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Shutdown (Cassie Chao, Madeleine Molliqaj, Connie Toda)
 * How Did I Get Here (Donovan Lauer)
 * Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Russell Fitzroy, Tenshi Fukushima-Yves, Cedar Dalisay)
 * Honestly, Olive was just the last person Connie remembered seeing (Connie Toda)
 * Until Dawn (Jennifer Farrow, Donovan Lauer)
 * Morning Pyre (Chester Folk, Perante Losoa, Donovan Lauer, Jennifer Farrow)
 * Snatched Edges (Letitia May)
 * Venom (Aracelis Fuentes, Leslie Romero, Shawn Bellamy, Bethany Lyon)
 * Zugzwang (Shawn Bellamy)
 * I alone, in the scar-crossed armor (Bethany Lyon)
 * Gold Slouch (Lara Bullock, Madeleine Molliqaj)

The Old Road
Cutting a path through the trees at the base of the mountain, the old road was the only usable link for vehicles wishing to travel between the mining town and the research station. This meant it was kept in relatively good condition almost year-round, although it was prone to blockages from mountain debris. In the years since the island was abandoned, no one has been present to clear these blockages, and the tarmac has started to crack and break apart from years of freezing and thawing. Despite this, it is still the most easily traversable path on the island, even with the edges of the forest starting to encroach upon it.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * in the pines (Kiera Hayes, Timothy Adams, Shu Hawthorne, Ren Vu)
 * A Girl's Feelings (Iris Waite, Richard Buster Jr., Lillian Larsen, Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne)
 * The Flesh Is Weak (Katelyn Graves, Iliya Polaris
 * Missing In Action (Piper Puncheon)
 * Puppet Girl (Piper Puncheon, Janice Cresner, Lillian Larsen, Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne)
 * 5 LIVES REMAIN - CONTINUE? (Y/N) (Katelyn Graves)
 * A Headless Blunder Operating Under the Illusion of a Master Plan (David Worth, Jack Kilgore, Billie Sommerfield, Quentin Skinner)
 * Angry and Fighty (Betty Hartley, Calvin Rawls)
 * Where The Sidewalk Ends (Mariya White, Joshua James)
 * Top Ten Anime Betrayals (Ashlee Donovan, Karen Nguyen, Victor Grail, Julia Guercio, Karin Han)
 * Coming Down (Kathleen Vozelnik)
 * Witch Barrier (Kai Rosado-Prince, Meena Lalita Kumar, Ren Vu, Katelyn Graves)
 * Bones in the Soil, Rust in the Oil (Kai Rosado-Prince, Ren Vu, Katelyn Graves)
 * Aiskhylos, Agamemnon, line 805 (Ren Vu, Matthew Bell, Katelyn Graves, Kai Rosado-Prince)
 * One Restful, Gentle, Happy Final Day (Rebekah Hayes, Jessica Romero, Beatrice Briggs)
 * Futility (Perante Losoa)
 * Avoidance (Perante Losoa)
 * Every Planet We Reach Is Dead (Daenerys Todd)
 * Our Conversations (Aracelis Fuentes)

Abandoned Trapping Camp
When traveling within the forest, slightly deeper in than one would expect to find human habitation, a trapping camp can be found. Featuring one small wood cabin and a set of old tarp tents, the camp appears to have originally been used for the catching of deer. The cabin itself has not done well in its time left alone within the forest without any care; its windows are still intact, but the roof has started to sag and fall inward, making its structural integrity dubious, although it would still be effective as a form of shelter from the elements. There is also a makeshift seating area that was made using chopped wood placed on the forest floor, with seats made from circular logs and a long bench created from a split trunk. Curiously, the partially-frozen carcasses of a pack of wolves can be found strung from a log perched across the cabin roof and an indent in a nearby tree, and the remains of a recent fire pit can be found in the center of the seating circle.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * It's Lights Out, And Away They Go! (Katelyn Graves, Robin Valenti, California Fox, Meena Lalita Kumar)
 * F(to pay respects)1 (Salem Fox)
 * You cannot rest, there are monsters nearby (Daniel Ozanne, Taylor Thorne, Gwendolyn Kennedy)
 * All The Flowers Are Gone (Rebekah Hayes, Micah Flanagan, Beatrice Briggs, Jessica Romero, Joan Leaven)
 * One Who Seeks (Daniel Ozanne, Karin Han, Joshua James, Gwendolyn Kennedy)
 * The Sound That You Found For Me (Katelyn Graves, Kai Rosado-Prince)


 * Bodies:
 * Robin Valenti (-)

The Mountain
The mountain rises up in the center of the island and splits it into two halves. While most of the island sits in the shadow of the mountain's peak, it isn’t possible to reach the summit without extensive gear due to the treacherous terrain near the top. Two paths can be used to navigate around the mountain to go from one side of the island to the other, and enterprising travels can also find some locations off the beaten path.

Upper Mountain Pass
The more obviously hazardous but more jaw-dropping of the two routes across the mountain, the upper mountain pass offers some awe-inspiring views of both sides of the island but is a much tougher trek. It features a high incline, slippery snow and ice patches, as well as some potentially precipitous drops. The upper mountain pass is also home to a herd of mountain goats and is the nesting site for a few species of migratory birds.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * conditions of absolute reality (Ingrid Wilde)
 * You can't fight crime if you ain't cute (Molly Oliveira, Micah Flanagan, Mitch McDuffy, Lúcio Oliveira)
 * Dum Spiro Spero (June Madison, Medea Parth, Cassie Chao, Madeleine Molliqaj)
 * Butter First, Then Honey (David Worth, Billie Sommerfield)
 * Elbert (Shawn Bellamy)
 * Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature (Abhishek Panicker, John Davis, Bethany Lyon, Shawn Bellamy
 * Chop Chop (Hector Quayle, Greg Craig)
 * Falling With Style (Hector Quayle)
 * You're At The Party (Taylor Thorne, Katelyn Graves, Daniel Ozanne)
 * Soul Gem (Meena Lalita Kumar, Ren Vu)
 * Megaphone (Marshall West, Danielle Bird, DeMarcus Miller, Fred Hobbes, Andrew Lapson)

The Hot Spring
Halfway up the mountain is a plateau where the hot spring can be found. Originally a roughly cut circle in the rockface of the mountain, time and some work from the residents of the island has seen it become more inviting. The sharper edges have been smoothed down and some steps have been carved into the rock, although these can still be slippery. A pathway had previously been worn into the ground but is now obscured by a combination of weathering and rockfall over the years the island has been abandoned. The water of the hot spring itself is still warm and inviting and is the perfect temperature to soothe aching muscles and bones after a long hike.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Romans 6:23 (Bethany Lyon, Ethan Kemp, Przemyslaw Ziemiak, Aracelis Fuentes, Betty Hartley)
 * Al Gore, Al Gorier, Al Goriest (Shawn Bellamy, Calvin Rawls, Jezzie Stark, Anthony Jones)
 * the caged mind craves the comfort of home (Jacob Winters, Jezzie Stark, Daenerys Todd)
 * A Hot Spring in the Old Town Tonight (John Anderson, Danielle Bird, Kaede Tsurumi)
 * Valentin Takes A Bath (Valentin Shulgin, Timothy Adams, Jacob Lang)
 * Denudate (Joshua James)

Lower Mountain Pass
Formerly kept clear by the foot passage back and forth between the different halves of the island, the lower mountain pass has become a wasteland of loose rocks, potholes, and overgrown plants, making it take effort to navigate. As the former connecting path between the research station and the village on the side of the island, the lower mountain pass is still easy to follow and is wider with barriers on its steeper sides to help the people that used to make use of it. While obviously at a lower elevation than the upper mountain pass, the lower pass is still raised above other parts of the island; if one was to leave the path and follow the slopes down, they would find themselves either on the old road or in the tundra forest.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Casting The Runes (Crystal Henderson, Henry David Dearborn, Janice Cresner, Jennifer Farrow)
 * Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Abhishek Panicker)
 * If you got a fucking problem: I'll call up the devil, bitch (Marian Dick)
 * Percussion (Betty Quinn, Colm Forsyth)
 * The Pound (John Davis)
 * Little Things (Cassie Chao, Madeleine Molliqaj)
 * damn (Hector Quayle)
 * The Hunting Of The Snark (Olive Mayo, Melanie Miles, Elodie Hailey)
 * vantablack humor (Jacob Winters, Greg Craig)
 * Ain't That a Kick in the Head? (Matthew Bell, Jack Kilgore)
 * The Day of Sagittarius (Karin Han, Joshua James)
 * Don't Sing (Kyle Emerson, Jessica Romero)
 * Safety Net (Marshall West)
 * I'm so tired of 17. where's my fucking teenage dream? (Salem Fox, Adam Lader)

The Cave
If one was to travel just off the beaten track of the low mountain pass and through some rougher terrain, they would eventually come across a cave within the side of the mountain. While not particularly deep, it still goes far enough inside the mountain that one would need a light source to see. A quick investigation of the dark interior of the cave would quickly reveal a large collection of bones—mainly goat and deer—used by a predator of some kind that used to be present on the island but appears to have vanished.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Cambrian (Jessica Romero, Rebekah Hayes, Mallory Valdez)
 * Aria (Betty Quinn)
 * Floyd's Tomb (Kai Rosado-Prince, Dominiqua Ashmore, Fred Hobbes, DeMarcus Miller)
 * Yo dawg, I heard you like SOTF, so... Wait, you hate SOTF?!? Well, sucks to be you, pal. (Quentin Skinner, Billie Sommerfield, Jack Kilgore, David Worth)
 * The Beast That Shouted "I" at the Heart of the World (Billie Sommerfield)


 * Bodies:
 * Ethan Kemp (---)

The Mining Town
In its heyday the mining town was a healthy if small community, with its economy based around the mine at the base of the mountain. Unfortunately, after the disastrous mine collapse and subsequent closure, the town was cut off from its only lifeline and the community slowly died out. All that is left of this town is the empty shells of the buildings. The residents took all their important personal belongings with them when they left, but an assortment of other objects have been left behind due to inability to take them along or lack of care.

Housing
The housing in the town is made up of simple two-story houses, most of these of built in the style of 70s and 80s American suburbs despite being far removed from such a setting. Many of the houses have similar layouts with some divergence: most feature a bottom floor consisting of a kitchen, dining room and living room, a second floor with a master and secondary bedroom, and a bathroom with a tub. A few of the houses have garages, but the vehicles they contained are either gone or have been rendered inoperable.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * nooooo don't get kidnapped by the AT your too sexy aha (Daniel Ozanne, Melanie Miles, Aion Rhodes, Amos Flanigan)
 * Off to a bad start (Tristana Blanco Osuna, Janice Cresner, Jezzie Stark, Salem Fox)
 * i'll fly away (Kiera Hayes, Shu Hawthorne, Marian Dick, Greg Craig)
 * Goblin Castle (Elodie Hailey, Lillian Larsen, Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne, Iliya Polaris, Richard Buster Jr., Melanie Miles, Olive Mayo, Iris Waite)
 * Put Coach In (Norbert Nielson)
 * i-90 102.5 (Melanie Miles)
 * DOWNFALL (Corbin Azinger)
 * the banks of the ohio (Kiera Hayes, Shu Hawthorne, Greg Craig)
 * Dare (Roberta Chen, Daenerys Todd)
 * Singers Sing Sad Songs When They're Sad (Greg Craig)
 * Lines In The Sand (Marshall West, Chloé Delacroix, Kai Rosado-Prince, Jessica Kawazoe)
 * Home (Cassie Chao)
 * Everyone's Asleep In The House But Me (June Madison)
 * Things Are Going Well. Maybe Not As Well As They Should, But We Have To Start Somewhere. (Quentin Skinner)
 * Somewhere To Be Found (Olive Mayo)
 * Boomsparklepop (Melanie Miles)
 * Short Circuit (Jessica Kawazoe)
 * Mir ist Kalt (Lara Bullock, Chloé Delacroix)
 * Wake-Up Call (Chloé Delacroix, Lara Bullock)
 * Hey! Danya! Leave Those Kids Alone! (Elodie Hailey)
 * Your Honor, Survival of the Fittest. (Shannon Choi, Maya Press, Abhishek Panicker)
 * Life Has Become Better (Abhishek Panicker)
 * Year Zero (Abhishek Panicker, Daenerys Todd)
 * Zone Defense (Donovan Lauer)
 * Take One for the Team (Jennifer Farrow)
 * A Brick Joke (Abhishek Panicker)
 * Grief Seed (Meena Lalita Kumar)
 * I'm the Psycho, You're the Freakshow (Alex Avanesian, Katelyn Graves)
 * No Plan Survives First Contact With The Enemy (Janice Cresner)
 * Feel Good Inc. (Daenerys Todd, Colm Forsyth, Betty Quinn)
 * Minutes to Midnight (Abhishek Panicker)
 * She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred." (Billie Sommerfield, Shu Hawthorne, Przemyslaw Ziemiak)
 * Myopia (Aracelis Fuentes)
 * Usury (Leslie Romero)
 * "Man, this SOTF thing sucks." (Matthew Bell, California Fox, Marshall West)

The Hunting Lodge Bar
The Hunting Lodge Bar was the frequent hangout for the miners and townsfolk who wanted a drink after a hard day's work. As the name implies, the bar was originally a hunting lodge before being converted into its current state, and many animal heads are displayed across its walls. The interior of the bar itself is in relatively good condition although much of it has clearly been damaged by rats. There is no cellar and instead a back room was used as a store. There are a pair of large circular tables in the centre of the room, along with a set of booth seats along one wall. A old and haggard pool table sits disused on one side of the room and a broken down jukebox is located by it.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * The Hunt is On (Ashlee Donovan, Kyle Emerson, Victor Grail, Norbert Nielson, Karen Nguyen, Karin Han, Julia Guercio)
 * Drops of Jupiter (Karin Han)
 * Fort Hunting Lodge (Ashlee Donovan, Victor Grail, Karen Nguyen, Julia Guercio, Karin Han)
 * Now That's A Can Do Attitude (Norbert Nielson)
 * APEX PREDATOR (Katelyn Graves)
 * Take Me Somewhere Nice (Cassie Chao, Madeleine Molliqaj, Joshua James)
 * Honor Amongst Thieves (Crystal Henderson, Ashlyn Graves, Juanita Reid, Donovan Lauer, John Anderson, Jennifer Farrow, Kaede Tsurumi)

The Church
The church sits atop a small hill in the town and gives a good view over the handful of streets that make up the place. The church itself is a classical wooden construction with a high steeple and ladder up to its bell, although the whole structure has shifted and leans to its right as a result of the ground beneath it shifting. The inside of the church has a carpeted aisle that runs between the rows of pews. At the front of the church is a pulpit and altar that have been arranged as if a service was intended before being abandoned. Behind this scene is the door to the sacristy, which contains some moth-eaten vestments, a wash basin, two wardrobes—one of which has been pushed onto its side, revealing a trapdoor—and a worktop with candlestick holders and incense burners along with some other Catholic paraphernalia.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * A Question of Faith (Richard Buster Jr., Iliya Polaris)
 * Come Out, Juanita, Don't Let Me Wait (Juanita Reid, Medea Parth, June Madison, Kaede Tsurumi, Iris Waite, Jezzie Stark, John Anderson)
 * Legion of Doom, Assemble! (Juanita Reid, Ashlyn Graves, John Anderson, Kaede Tsurumi, Danielle Bird)
 * The Other Judas (Crystal Henderson)
 * It's Kind of A Lot (Danielle Bird, Crystal Henderson, John Anderson, Kaede Tsurumi)
 * Finally, I am alone with my crimes, unrepentant. (Crystal Henderson)
 * It's a Kind Alot (Joshua James, Calvin Rawls)
 * My Refuge and My Fortress (Amos Flanigan, Aion Rhodes, Adam Lader)
 * This Holy Place Is Really Unholy (Aion Rhodes, Amos Flanigan, Adam Lader)
 * If You're Feeling Sinister (Chloé Delacroix)
 * Go for Gold (Donovan Lauer, Jennifer Farrow)

The Hidden Cellar
The cellar below the church was kept hidden by the large wardrobe that was placed on top of the trapdoor leading down into it. The cellar itself is a roughly rectangular-shaped room cut out from the stone bedrock the church was built on. Cold, wet, and populated by a large colony of spiders and rats, the cellar was used to store stashes of alcohol that had been illegally shipped to the island. All that is left of this enterprise is a large stack of empty wooden barrels and scattered glass bottles.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Help I'm Alive (Iris Waite, June Madison, Jezzie Stark, John Anderson)
 * A Curse, A First (Content Warning) (Joshua James, Danielle Bird)
 * Shattered Moon (Meena Lalita Kumar, Ren Vu)
 * Dissension (Matthew Bell, Molly Oliveira, Lúcio Oliveira)
 * Continuo (Betty Quinn, Angelo Lee, Colm Forsyth)
 * cower and præy (Salem Fox)

The Graveyard
Behind the church, surrounded by a wrought iron fence and under the shadow of the mountain, sits the graveyard. Each resting place marked with either a worn tombstone or simple wooden cross. Always covered with a layer of snow and ice, the ground in the graveyard is cracked and split, the result of the same seismic activity that is also affecting the church. This has created a foreboding scene: in certain places, the coffins of the dead residents can be seen where graves have opened due to the disturbance. There are also open graves that present a fall hazard for someone traversing the area. At the back of the graveyard is a small wooden shed which once contained the grave keeper's tools, though it now stands empty and only offers meager shelter from the elements.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Welcome to Hell (Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne, Lillian Larsen, Iliya Polaris, Richard Buster Jr.)
 * POP QUIZ, HOTSHOT (Adam Lader)
 * I Make Mad Films. ‘Kay I Don’t Make Films, but if I Did They’d Have a Samurai. (Quentin Skinner, Amy Chen, Hector Quayle, Humphrey "Prii" Hayward, Mariya White)
 * rebury (Hector Quayle)
 * Paprika (Content Warning) (Joshua James)
 * I Hardly Knew Ya (Fey Zelenka-Morrison, Jezzie Stark, Letitia May)

The Sheriff's Office
The sheriff's office is a squat, square building with a fairly plain exterior. Upon entering, a reception desk can be found on the right-hand side wall, which then opens into an office space behind it. The interior walls are painted a plain cream and the office features a set of desks with waist-high dividers arranged on one side of the room, along with a noticeboard holding faded team photos. There are CRT computer monitors on the desks but the towers they used to connect to have been removed. A small staff room can be found down a corridor from the office along with a bathroom. If you go left from the reception area, a single holding cell containing a simple cot can be found.


 * Danger Zone:

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Prison Within a Prison (Karen Nguyen, Beatrice Briggs, Karin Han, Julia Guercio)
 * The Holly and the Heavens (Leslie Romero, Aracelis Fuentes, Ashlyn Graves, Juanita Reid)
 * KILL THIS ARROGANT MOTH ER FU CKER (Matthew Bell, Lillian Larsen, Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne, Corbin Azinger)
 * All Things Bright and Beautiful (Rebekah Hayes, Bethany Lyon, Jessica Romero, Beatrice Briggs)
 * Depth (Aracelis Fuentes, Leslie Romero)


 * Bodies:
 * Tristana Blanco Osuna (Laying in the closet of a master bedroom in one of the houses, throat slit and body covered in bloody bedsheets)

The Mine
At the top right of the town is the mine. Previously the economic center of the island, a disastrous collapse of the main mineshaft left an undeniable scar on the community. The fallout of the disaster led to many families slowly moving away to find other work or to get away from the pain of the past. Now the main mine buildings sit behind a rusted metal gate and chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. The old wooden buildings of the mine remain, never having been torn down after the mine closed its doors, but their structures are all warped and broken. The entrance to the mine can still be seen, but it is inaccessible due to a combination of debris and being intentionally sealed up with a heavy wooden barrier.

The Foreman’s Office
The foreman's office is a free-standing building raised up a story above the ground, a design that allowed the foreman to see all the goings on of the mine from the balcony that ran along the side of the office. On the inside, the office itself is rather bare. A desk sits in the middle of the room with three chairs lying fallen around it, and a filing cabinet lies on its side in one corner of the room. An ornate wooden cabinet containing some old cigars and a bottle of whiskey, along with some faded and partly-rotten papers that may have once been employee paperwork, also sits against one wall.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Suppression (Perante Losoa, Chester Folk, Aion Rhodes, Amos Flanigan)
 * What is Your Damage? (Betty Hartley)
 * do you like Phil Collins (Salem Fox, Katelyn Graves)
 * The Fall (Joshua James, Amy Chen, Humphrey "Prii" Hayward)
 * Mortality (Perante Losoa)

Workers' Changing Room
Off to one side of the mine away from the former entrance and the foreman's office is a small windowless building that served as the changing room for the workers, where they would start and end their day. The changing room itself features a locker room area with lockers lining the walls and benches situated in the center. Also in the center, hanging from a set of pulleys that run along the ceiling of the room, hang articles of the miners' work clothes, boots, and helmets. These discarded clothes create an uncanny atmosphere within the room, especially at night, while also serving to obscure vision as the pulley wires have started to sag with age. Also in the building is a communal shower area.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Summer Diamonds (Ellis Wheaton, Eden Glass, Marian Dick)
 * 2021 What the FUCK STILL FEELING BLACK CLOUDs, yeah STILL FEELING BLACK CLOUDS (Marian Dick)
 * There won't be room for happy memories (Marian Dick, Daniel Ozanne)
 * Even if it stays behind my eyes, I can't deny. It's on my mind. This fantasy fell from heaven. (Marian Dick)
 * Ghosts (Leslie Romero, Spike Havighurst, Aracelis Fuentes, Constance Blanchet, Joan Leaven, Bill Taylor)
 * Wurlitzer Jukebox (Kyle Emerson, Janice Cresner, Meena Lalita Kumar, Ren Vu)
 * A Moment (Mariya White)
 * Mediation (Alexander Hawthorne, Valentin Shulgin)
 * An Inevitably Bad End (Lillian Larsen, Janice Cresner, Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne)
 * Terminal Paradise (Amaryllis Peszek-Byrne, Lillian Larsen)
 * In Transit (Danielle Bird)

Mineral Processing
Following the official closure of the mine, the biggest building in the area was left to rust. The interior, once a hub of activity, now sits as a maze of conveyor belts, pipes, stairs, and walkways that allowed people to traverse the building. There is a main gangway that stretches from one end of the building to the other and many other paths that branch off of it, typically taking one up or down a set of stairs and onto another walkway. A few of the windows within this building have also cracked and broken as a result of the building starting to fall in on itself, leading to snow being visible on some of the pathways, making fast movement a potentially hazardous affair.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * spawn more overlords! (Cedar Dalisay, Russell Fitzroy, Tenshi Fukushima-Yves, Trinity Ashmore)
 * Wendy House (Bethany Lyon, Przemyslaw Ziemiak, Shawn Bellamy)
 * Possession (Joshua James, Shu Hawthorne, Przemyslaw Ziemiak, Aion Rhodes, Amos Flanigan)
 * Spiralling Into Oblivion (Henry David Dearborn, Alex Avanesian)
 * Evening / Morning (Przemyslaw Ziemiak)
 * The Draft Pick (Donovan Lauer, John Anderson, Kaede Tsurumi, Jennifer Farrow)
 * Run to the Hills (Andrew Lapson, Chester Folk, Fey Zelenka-Morrison)


 * Bodies:

The Shoreline
On the north side of the island is a rocky shoreline, made up of larger igneous rock formations and smaller crags that form tide pools. The shoreline can be treacherous to navigate, especially when it is wet. Not too far off the shore, the remains of a small plane can be seen in the water.

Rocky Beach
The rocky beach is formed from blocks of igneous rock of varying sizes and shapes. There is a distinct lack of sand along the shore; instead the ground is covered in pebbles and rocks dotted by clumps of seaweed. Some of the larger rock formations hold small tide pools that become distinct whenever the tide goes out. Some of the rocks get extremely slippery when wet, making navigating the beach a difficult task.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Homecoming (Fred Hobbes, Dominiqua Ashmore)
 * Ocean Man (Jacob Lang, Spike Havighurst, Bill Taylor, Donovan Lauer)
 * all animals can scream (Ingrid Wilde, Katelyn Graves)
 * it was a fine affair, but now it's over (Ingrid Wilde)
 * Buckingham Green (Jacob Lang, Colm Forsyth)
 * Buckingham Nicks (Calvin Rawls)
 * Squirrel Puppet Method (Russell Fitzroy)
 * it takes a lot to make a stew (Salem Fox, California Fox)
 * A Matter of Faith (Alexander Hawthorne)
 * Ego Te Absolvo (Medea Parth, June Madison, Jezzie Stark)
 * A Matter of Time (Alexander Hawthorne)

Downed Plane
Just off the shore of the island, the partially submerged wreckage of an old, four-passenger propeller plane can be found. While most of its body is jutting out of the water, the tail is submerged and buried in sediment. Luckily for the adventurous, the cabin doors are still accessible and provide access inside the craft. The interior is also relatively intact, although it smells strongly of mold and rocks gently with any large waves or high winds.


 * Danger Zone: 

Threads (in chronological order by sub-area)
 * Flight Terminal (Matthew Bell, Jack Kilgore)
 * My Hand is Cold Without You (Ellis Wheaton, Eden Glass, Teddie Boyd)
 * Pecola (Zora Morrison, Joshua James)
 * Daylight (June Madison, Medea Parth, Andrew Lapson, Henry David Dearborn, Adam Lader)
 * Recycle (Norbert Nielson, Molly Oliveira, Lúcio Oliveira, Trinity Ashmore, Alexander Hawthorne)


 * Bodies: